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The Pedagogical Promise of Transmedia Play

by Rebecca Herr-Stephenson, Ph.D, by Meryl Alper
March 18, 2013

Today we are thrilled to release a new report, T is for Transmedia: Learning through Transmedia Play. This report, which we have co-authored along with Erin Reilly, and which begins

Kodu Game Making as a pathway to STEM Learning

by Alex Games
March 13, 2013

Today we are living in a world where our lives are being shaped in fundamental ways by the products of science and their application in technology. For millions of youth,

A Sandbox for Learning: SimCityEDU

by Allison Mishkin
March 13, 2013

I’m old enough (or young enough, based on whom you ask) to have fond memories of experimenting with both SimCity 2000 and SimCity 3000, the first two sequels to Will

A Day at the Museum: The National STEM Video Game Challenge Launches with a Series of Workshops That Teach Kids to Make Video Games

by Christa Avampato
February 26, 2013

On a bright sunny morning after a February snowstorm, kids and their parents were lined up outside the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) in Manhattan. But they weren’t there

Improving Our Aim: A Psychotherapist’s Take On Video Games & Violence

by Mike Langlois
February 20, 2013

A little while back I was playing Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare with one of my patients, we’ll call him Alex*. Twenty minutes into our game, I was clearly losing

IndieCade East

by Allison Mishkin
January 28, 2013

The nation’s largest independent game festival comes to New York to celebrate the importance of indie games in the artistic community and invites artists, designers, and players to a weekend

The Games & Learning Publishing Council Continues

January 28, 2013

January 10, 2013 marked the kick-off for Phase II of the Joan Ganz Cooney Center’s Games and Learning Publishing Council. Funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the Council

Exploring Digital Games with Teacher Voice Leaders

December 20, 2012

One of the most exciting things about receiving a grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is the opportunites the foundation provides to connect and collaborate with other organizations.

Kids@Play Summit at CES

by Administrator
November 20, 2012

The annual Kids@Play Summit for industry professionals in related fields will meet at the Consumer Electronics Show this January at the Las Vegas Convention Center. The summit will include three

2011 National STEM Video Game Challenge App Available Now!

by Administrator
September 13, 2012

Congratulations to Dan Caldwell, one of our 2011 National STEM Challenge Video Game winners. His app, Body Adventure with Captain Brainy-Pants! is now available in the iTunes App Store. The

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